Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development
Innovation Platforms (IPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to foster a paradigm shift in agricultural research for development (AR4D). By facilitating interaction, negotiation and collective action between farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, IPs can contribute to more integrated, systemic i...
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| author | Schut, Marc Klerkx, Laurens Sartas, Murat Lamers, D. Campbell, M. Ogbonna, I. Kaushik, P. Atta-Krah, Kwesi Leeuwis, Cees |
| author_browse | Atta-Krah, Kwesi Campbell, M. Kaushik, P. Klerkx, Laurens Lamers, D. Leeuwis, Cees Ogbonna, I. Sartas, Murat Schut, Marc |
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| description | Innovation Platforms (IPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to foster a paradigm shift in agricultural research for development (AR4D). By facilitating interaction, negotiation and collective action between farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, IPs can contribute to more integrated, systemic innovation that is essential for achieving agricultural development impacts. However, successful implementation of IPs requires institutional change within AR4D establishments. The objective of this paper is to reflect on the implementation and institutionalisation of IPs in present AR4D programmes. We use experiences from sub-Saharan Africa to demonstrate how the adoption and adaptation of IPs creates both opportunities and challenges that influence platform performance and impact. Niche-regime theory is used to understand challenges, and anticipate on how to deal with them. A key concern is whether IPs in AR4D challenge or reinforce existing technology-oriented agricultural innovation paradigms. For example, stakeholder representation, facilitation and institutional embedding determine to a large extent whether the IP can strengthen systemic capacity to innovate that can lead to real paradigm change, or are merely ‘old wine in new bottles’ and a continuation of ‘business as usual’. Institutional embedding of IPs and – more broadly – the transition from technology-oriented to system-oriented AR4D approaches requires structural changes in organisational mandates, incentives, procedures and funding, as well as investments in exchange of experiences, learning and capacity development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace760082025-11-11T10:00:47Z Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development Schut, Marc Klerkx, Laurens Sartas, Murat Lamers, D. Campbell, M. Ogbonna, I. Kaushik, P. Atta-Krah, Kwesi Leeuwis, Cees agricultural development innovation technology transfer Innovation Platforms (IPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to foster a paradigm shift in agricultural research for development (AR4D). By facilitating interaction, negotiation and collective action between farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, IPs can contribute to more integrated, systemic innovation that is essential for achieving agricultural development impacts. However, successful implementation of IPs requires institutional change within AR4D establishments. The objective of this paper is to reflect on the implementation and institutionalisation of IPs in present AR4D programmes. We use experiences from sub-Saharan Africa to demonstrate how the adoption and adaptation of IPs creates both opportunities and challenges that influence platform performance and impact. Niche-regime theory is used to understand challenges, and anticipate on how to deal with them. A key concern is whether IPs in AR4D challenge or reinforce existing technology-oriented agricultural innovation paradigms. For example, stakeholder representation, facilitation and institutional embedding determine to a large extent whether the IP can strengthen systemic capacity to innovate that can lead to real paradigm change, or are merely ‘old wine in new bottles’ and a continuation of ‘business as usual’. Institutional embedding of IPs and – more broadly – the transition from technology-oriented to system-oriented AR4D approaches requires structural changes in organisational mandates, incentives, procedures and funding, as well as investments in exchange of experiences, learning and capacity development. 2016-10 2016-07-07T14:16:56Z 2016-07-07T14:16:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76008 en Open Access application/pdf Cambridge University Press Schut, M., Klerkx, L., Sartas, M., Lamers, D., Campbell, M., Ogbonna, I.,... & Leeuwis, C. Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development. Experimental Agriculture, 1-25. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural development innovation technology transfer Schut, Marc Klerkx, Laurens Sartas, Murat Lamers, D. Campbell, M. Ogbonna, I. Kaushik, P. Atta-Krah, Kwesi Leeuwis, Cees Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| title | Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| title_full | Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| title_fullStr | Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| title_short | Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| title_sort | innovation platforms experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development |
| topic | agricultural development innovation technology transfer |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76008 |
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